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War Department, 
February 12, 1825. 
Sir: I have the honor to present, herewith, a communication from 
the Chief Engineer, submitting to this department the proceedings of 
the Board of Engineers for Internal Improvement, under the act of 
Congress passed the 30th of April, 1824, authorizing the Executive 
to cause to be procured the necessary surveys, plans, and estimates, 
upon the subject of roads and canals. The reports are \cry full, and, 
in detail; the Board have reported favorably as to the practicability 
of passing the summit level between the waters of the Potomac and 
the Ohio, by means of a canal, and that it may be effected at a small 
expense, compared with the advantages expected to result from its 
execution, in a national and commercial point of view. 
1 have the honor to be. 
Very respectfully, sir. 
Your obedient servant, 
.T. C. CALHOUN, 
To the President of the. United States. 
